Full Name
Andy Beale
Job Title
Chief Engineer
Company
BT
Speaker Bio
Andy is Chief Engineer for BT Sport, joining the innovative and disruptive British broadcaster at the beginning of its journey in 2012 to oversee the technology and construction of the landmark BT Sport Production Hub in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. He played a pivotal role in the development and launch of Europe’s first commercial live sports Ultra HD channel BT Sport Ultra HD, and its HDR successor: BT Sport Ultimate. He led BT Sport’s pioneering Dolby Atmos launch and ground breaking advances in live VR 360. Recently he has delivered world firsts in 8K TV, 8K VR and 5G remote production. Previously he was Head of Engineering for Sports Media House, Octagon, and before that delivered projects worldwide for respected system integrator IPK.
Andy is co-founder of Rise Up, a broadcaster led STEM schools programme that aims to inspire the next generation of broadcast engineers and on the board of inclusion advocacy group Rise. Andy is a SMPTE Fellow.
Andy is co-founder of Rise Up, a broadcaster led STEM schools programme that aims to inspire the next generation of broadcast engineers and on the board of inclusion advocacy group Rise. Andy is a SMPTE Fellow.
Speaking At
TTC 2021 Speaker Type
Presenter, Roundtable
Topic and Description
Presentation Topic: A Field Guide to Live High Dynamic Range Single-Stream Production: Concepts, Do’s and Don’ts
Description: This presentation will document the core concepts associated with High Dynamic Range Wide Color Gamut (HDR, WCG) single stream production where the conventional Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) production is derived from the HDR production. This workflow is essential to driving down the cost and footprint of simultaneous live HDR-SDR production to the point that this is now a practical reality. This technique has been deployed in BT Sport ‘Ultimate’ English Premier League, UEFA and premier league Rugby since Aug 2019 as well as NBCUI NFL Notre Dame and Chicago Basketball, Hockey and Baseball HDR productions in 2020. The use of Closed-loop shading using a “predictive HDR to SDR” converter will be described, and the choices associated with converting Graphics Anchored material. The necessary changes and adaptations to existing equipment and working practices will also be described.
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Roundtable Topic: A Field Guide to Live High Dynamic Range Single-Stream Production: Concepts, Do’s and Don’ts
Description: Q&A Session
Description: This presentation will document the core concepts associated with High Dynamic Range Wide Color Gamut (HDR, WCG) single stream production where the conventional Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) production is derived from the HDR production. This workflow is essential to driving down the cost and footprint of simultaneous live HDR-SDR production to the point that this is now a practical reality. This technique has been deployed in BT Sport ‘Ultimate’ English Premier League, UEFA and premier league Rugby since Aug 2019 as well as NBCUI NFL Notre Dame and Chicago Basketball, Hockey and Baseball HDR productions in 2020. The use of Closed-loop shading using a “predictive HDR to SDR” converter will be described, and the choices associated with converting Graphics Anchored material. The necessary changes and adaptations to existing equipment and working practices will also be described.
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Roundtable Topic: A Field Guide to Live High Dynamic Range Single-Stream Production: Concepts, Do’s and Don’ts
Description: Q&A Session
